10-Minute Japanese Breakfast: Easy Morning Washoku

1. Introduction: Bring Japanese Breakfast to Your HCMC Mornings

Living in HCMC, it is easy to grab banh mi or pho for breakfast. But have you ever missed a "Japanese breakfast" on some mornings?

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Japanese breakfast may seem time-consuming, but 10 minutes is actually enough. The ichiju-issai (one soup, one dish) style with rice, miso soup, and one side dish is manageable even on busy weekday mornings.

This article shares recipes for a 10-minute Japanese breakfast and tips for efficient preparation.

!Japanese breakfast

2. The 10-Minute Breakfast Foundation: Ichiju-Issai Style

The secret to a 10-minute Japanese breakfast is focusing on ichiju-issai (one soup, one dish).

Ichiju-issai means:

• Rice: Cook the night before, freeze in portions, microwave for 2 minutes
• One soup (miso soup): Dashi pack + miso + ingredients: 5 minutes
• One dish (side): Tamagoyaki, natto, grilled salmon, etc.: 1 item

Prepare all three simultaneously and a proper Japanese breakfast is ready in 10 minutes.

Sample schedule:

1. (0 min) Start boiling water
2. (1 min) Put frozen rice in microwave
3. (2 min) Cut miso soup ingredients
4. (4 min) Add ingredients to dashi broth
5. (5 min) Start cooking tamagoyaki
6. (8 min) Dissolve miso
7. (10 min) Plate and serve

3. Basic Miso Soup: Authentic Flavor in 5 Minutes

Miso soup is the heart of a Japanese breakfast. With dashi packs, you get authentic flavor in 5 minutes.

Ingredients (1 serving):

• Water: 200ml
• Dashi pack: 1 (or 1/2 tsp granulated dashi)
• Miso: 1 tbsp
• Ingredients of your choice

Quick-cooking ingredient suggestions:

• Tofu + wakame: Just cut, cooks fast, a classic combo
• Egg + green onion: Pour in beaten egg and done
• Nameko mushrooms: Just rinse and add directly

!Miso soup and breakfast

Boiling miso drives off its aroma, so the correct technique is to turn off the heat before dissolving the miso.

4. Fluffy Tamagoyaki: Works with a Regular Pan

Tamagoyaki adds elegance to a Japanese breakfast. Even without a tamagoyaki pan, a small frying pan works.

Ingredients (1 serving):

• Eggs: 2
• Soy sauce: 1/2 tsp
• Mirin: 1 tsp
• Sugar: 1/2 tsp
• Oil: a little

How to make:

1. Beat eggs and mix in seasonings
2. Heat pan over medium heat, lightly oil the surface
3. Pour in 1/3 of the egg, roll toward you while still soft
4. Pour remaining egg in 2 more portions, rolling each time
5. Shape, let cool slightly, then slice

If rolling is tricky, scrambled-egg style is delicious too.

5. Time-Saving Ally: Prep the Night Before

To make the 10-minute breakfast even easier, do a little prep the night before.

What you can do the night before:

• Cook rice and freeze in portions: Wrap each serving in plastic and freeze
• Cut miso soup ingredients: Store in a container in the fridge
• Set out pickles or natto: Just open the pack in the morning

Handy staples to keep stocked:

• Natto (long shelf life, just open and eat)
• Nori seaweed (dried, stores well long-term)
• Umeboshi (perfect rice companion)
• Furikake (the last resort when there is zero time)

!Night-before prep image

6. Weekend Challenge: Grilled Salmon Breakfast Set

When you have time on weekends, try a breakfast set featuring grilled salmon.

Grilled salmon (pan method):

1. Lightly salt the salmon fillet, let sit for 5 minutes
2. Line the pan with parchment paper
3. Grill on medium heat: 4 minutes one side, flip for 3 minutes
4. Crispy skin means it is done

Set composition:

• Rice
• Miso soup
• Grilled salmon
• Small dish (cold tofu, vinegared salad, blanched greens, etc.)
• Pickles

Enjoying a full Japanese breakfast set on weekends makes the weekday ichiju-issai feel even more effortless.

FAQ

Q1. How to order?

Download Farmi from App Store or Google Play. Available in Japanese, English, Vietnamese.

Q2. Delivery time?

Within 1 hour across Ho Chi Minh City.

Q3. Authentic products?

All products sourced through official import channels.

Q4. Delivery area?

Currently Ho Chi Minh City only.

7. Summary: Order Japanese Breakfast Ingredients on Farmi

The 10-minute Japanese breakfast becomes a daily morning habit once you get the hang of it.

Key takeaways:

• Ichiju-issai (rice + miso soup + 1 side dish) is done in 10 minutes
• Dashi packs give miso soup authentic flavor in 5 minutes
• A little night-before prep makes mornings much smoother
• Weekends are for a leisurely grilled salmon breakfast set

Miso, dashi packs, soy sauce, mirin, and other basic Japanese breakfast seasonings can be bulk-ordered on the Farmi app. Freshness-sensitive items like salmon fillets and tofu are also delivered to your door.

Download the Farmi App to order Japanese breakfast ingredients